Turkish Ministry of Defense accuses Kurdish units in 14 attacks In the last 36 hours
[email protected]: Think of how many lives we saved in Syria and Turkey by getting a ceasefire yesterday. Thousands and thousands, and maybe many more
1 year agoPompeo: Briefed our @NATO Allies today about developments in Syria including the ceasefire between Turkey and YPG. This solution will save lives and contribute to long-term stability in the region. The United States and Turkey are committed to a peaceful, Turkish-controlled safe zone
1 year agoVideo: Bayraktar TB2 UAV at Şanlıurfa airport
SDF were able to recapture the 23 Highway near the Turkish-Syrian border. captured villages: Bab Al-Kher, Shayk Hassan, Aba Kabirah, Markis. SNA have withdraw back to Matlah, Shakariyah.
1 year agoRussian warplanes has patrolled over the sky of Manbij along the EuphratesShield controlled line and over Al-Arimah city.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), in an op-ed in the Washington Post, says, "Withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria is a grave strategic mistake..America's wars will be 'endless' only if America refuses to win them."
1 year agoVideo from North-Press reporter from inside the French Lafarge Company, which was a main base for the Global Coalition on the international road west of Ein Issa city
Renewed clashes between the Turkish affiliated armed opposition groups and Manbij Military Council with medium and heavy weapons in the village of Um Adaseh and the neighboring villages northwest of Manbij.
1 year agoBMC Kirpi (third lost) and Otokar ZPT near the Ayn Issa silos. The vehicles were destroyed a few days ago during a TFSA raid
1 year agoThe SDF calls on the United Nations, the UN Security Council, the Arab League, and the US to "move immediately to send international observers in order to maintain the temporary ceasefire agreement and make it permanent." Accuses Turkey of committing genocide
Senator Lindsey Graham: I just spoke with General Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria. He appreciates the efforts of the Trump Administration to stop the violence.
1 year agoTurkish Defence Ministry releases a statement regarding Akar's phone call with US Esper: We are closely monitoring the completion of the following activities within 120 hours; Withdrawal of the PKK / YPG from the Safe Zone; Collection of their heavy weapons
1 year agoThe SDF Press Office publishes the ID of 15 of their fighters who have lost their lives due to Turkish bombardments and in clashes with the Turkish forces in Serekaniye and Ain Issa in the last days (ANHA)
1 year ago@obretix: Geolocation of possible white phosphorous use, from Turkish artillery, possibly M110 155mm WP shells, in Tell Abyad on 12 Oct 2019 [from 02:52:35 onward]
Spoke to an official with the Kurdish Red Crescent, a humanitarian nonprofit org that operates in Syria, who confirmed 6 patients, including children & soldiers, arrived at a hospital in Hassakeh city with burns from an unknown substance after a Turkish airstrike in Ras al Ain
Injured people from today's clashes arriving at Til Temir hospital right now, one has just arrived from Dawudi village after being struck by a drone, bodies two people killed today in this hospital - Co-chair of local health authority: 8 died as a result of attack in Bab-al Xer
[email protected] says captured ISIS fighters are "double secured by Kurds & Turkey..". Trump also tweets that Europe an countries "are willing, for the first time, to take the ISIS Fighters that came from their nations"
Czech president accuses Turkey of war crimes in Syria
[email protected]: Just spoke to President @RTErdogan of Turkey. He told me there was minor sniper and mortar fire that was quickly killed. He very much wants the ceasefire, or pause, to work. Likewise, the Kurds want it, and the ultimate solution, to happen. Too bad there wasn't
[email protected]: ...this thinking years ago. Instead, it was always held together with very weak bandaids, & in an artificial manner. There is good will on both sides & a really good chance for success. The U.S. has secured the Oil, & the ISIS Fighters are double secured by Kurds & Turkey
Syrian army has entered the village "Gharnatah", west of Tal-Tamr city
"There has been no change to return Turkey to the F35 program" per @DeptofDefense Undersecretary Ellen Lord "The [Russian] S-400 air defense system, which is incompatible with the F-35, remains in Turkey"
It's the responsibility of the United States to ensure that Kurdish fighters withdraw in the 120-hour window, says @RTErdogan
Erdogan: If the safe area includes Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, two million refugees will be able to return
The military operation by Turkey in Syria is "madness," says @EmmanuelMacron
Erdogan tells news conference the letter sent by @realDonaldTrump telling him not to be a 'tough guy' wasn't in line with diplomatic or political customs. He said they wouldn't forget the lack of respect. "When the time comes necessary steps will be taken"
Macron: We appreciate Turkey's war on terror, but the SDF is not a terrorist organization
EU Council president @donaldtusk on the deal negotiated by @VP & Turkey: "this so called ceasefire, it's not what we expected. In fact it's not a ceasefire, it's a demand for capitulation of the Kurds."
1 year agoItaly PM Conte had a call with Turkey President Erdogan. Conte again strongly condemned the invasion of NE Syria against SDF and told Erdogan he must halt the operation and withdraw his troops. The conversation was reportedly "very tense"
Syria: Turkey's MOD reports that a helicopter was damaged "when landing" during a medevac operation.
Erdogan: There is no problem for Turkey in the presence of Syrian regime forces in areas from which Kurdish fighters withdrew
The Turkish Army and TFSA have captured the farms of Umm Ashibah and Barqah from SDF
Erdogan: "If yesterday's U.S. promises will be not fulfilled, the minute the 120th hour ends, our operations will continue much more decisively than when it have paused"
President of Turkey Erdoğan: "The Turkish army will not leave the region(Syria) because it is the basis of security there."
1 year agoA demonstration in Tabqah city west Raqqa, rejecting the entry of Assad militias into the area.
Turkish President: We are trying to return one million Syrian refugees to the safe area
1 year agoRussian flag raised in Zor Magar on the Jarabulus contact line across the Karkamış
Large Syrian military reinforcments have reached Manbij
US official: "SDF agreed to a ceasefire between Tel Abyad and Ras al-Ayn only, nothing more."
Turkish-backed SNA have captured Shakariya, Mubarak and Bab Al Khayr, east to Sere Kaniye/Ras Al Ain
1 year agoSere Kaniye/Ras Al Ain: Two foreign journalists accompany the convoy of civilians: Turkish forces preventing from entering the city
Erdogan: The safe area will cover 440 kilometers along the Turkish-Syrian border
Intensive Turkish reconnaissance aircrafts flights are being reported in Tell Abiad/Gire Spi region
SDF accuses Turkish forces of targeting civilians and military personnel in Ras al-Ain town
Amnesty International accuses Turkey and its factions of committing war crimes in Syria
1 year agoBritish civil defense volunteer @lapinesque part of civilian convoy going to Ras al-Ain (Serekaniye)
Turkish reconnaissance planes flying over the city of Ras al-Ain / Sere-Kaniye, in conjunction with artillery shelling and clashes on the axes of the city
Turkish soldier killed by shots fired across the border from Iran during a border patrol – Turkey's Defence Ministry
1 year agoAFP Photo: Smoke rising from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain on October 18
Shelling in Ras al-Ain continues despite a declared “pause”
1 year agoGeneral Authority For Maritime Transport SyriaMAR's Syrian flag vessel Laodicea transited Bosphorus towards Black Sea, en route from Alexandria to Burgas carrying salt. SyriaMAR and all its ships including Laodicea are on @USTreasury OFAC SDN list since 3AUG2015
US Democratic Party Says Turkish-US Agreement on Ceasefire in Northern Syria Threatens US Foreign Policy Credibility
1 year agoU.S. Senator Martin Heinrich: Under this so-called ceasefire, Kurdish forces and their families face the impossible choice of fleeing their homes or being ethnically cleansed. Because of Turkey's actions we should seriously reconsider its role in NATO and any future military weapons sales.